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STAFF WRITER JENNIFER FIERRO The Back to School Blast may be over two weeks away, but board members are hard at work preparing for the more than 2,000 backpacks that will be handed out to students at Marble Falls and Llano Independent School Districts. (more…)

FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — After a couple months of summer vacation, area students get back to class Aug. 26 and 27, so drivers should be aware of and prepared for more traffic. Students in Marble Falls and Llano independent school districts start school Aug. 26, while Burnet Consolidated Independent School District students return […]

DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BURNET — Llano Independent School District teachers are free to use CSCOPE lesson plans following a court ruling Aug. 16 after several residents filed a lawsuit trying to stop the practice. But the use might be short-lived if opponents to the CSCOPE lesson plans have their way. (more…)

CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — The Llano Independent School District has stepped into the middle of a battle brewing over CSCOPE lesson materials, criticized by conservatives as “anti-American” and “hidden away from public scrutiny.” On Aug. 9, a state district judge granted Llano attorney Tim Cowart a temporary injunction against use of materials […]

FROM STAFF REPORTS LLANO — When Llano Independent School District Superintendent Dennis Hill first joined the district in 1977 as a coach and teacher at the junior high, nobody had ever heard of the Internet or high-stakes testing. (more…)